Last night my laptop just died on me.

Once it was up and running and then all the lights went out and there was nothing. I have taken it to the computer people to try and fix it. I wont know anything until Tuesday. Right now I am using a backup computer that is prone to crashing every time I play games. Not happy.
I have just been looking at new laptops on the net and the price of them does not thrill me. I like my ASUS. Anybody know of other brands that are any good?
Mind you I could be jumping the gun here and they may be able to find a minor problem. Fingers crossed.